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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>As the government of Lesotho has prioritised agriculture through National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) review extension, the Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) of South Africa (SA) has pledged its support.<\/p>\n

Speaking with the Agency, Mr. Ronald Rapholo of MPO, told the Agency Lesotho has potential of producing more milk as well as to sell to other countries of the world, hence MPO in solidarity with Lesotho National Dairy Board is committed to production of milk, thus pledging support.<\/p>\n

He stipulated the need for farmers to be assisted in order to develop the dairy industry value chain. He noted the importance of daily cattle breeding and selection, feeding and nutrition including diseases and keeping records as priority issues to attain more production.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. As the government of Lesotho has prioritised agriculture through National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) review extension, the Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) of South Africa (SA) has pledged its support. Speaking with the Agency, Mr. Ronald Rapholo of MPO, told the Agency Lesotho has potential of producing more milk as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-63718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nMILK ORGANISATION GIVES SUPPORT TO LOCAL FARMERS - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the government of Lesotho has prioritised agriculture through National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) review ex ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MILK ORGANISATION GIVES SUPPORT TO LOCAL FARMERS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the government of Lesotho has prioritised agriculture through National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP II) review ex ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-02T19:38:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-02T20:15:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1762101727.304377.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MILK ORGANISATION GIVES SUPPORT TO LOCAL FARMERS\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-02T19:38:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-02T20:15:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/11\/sm_1762101727.304377.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/milk-organisation-gives-support-to-local-farmers\",\"name\":\"MILK ORGANISATION GIVES SUPPORT TO LOCAL FARMERS - 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